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been so small that the tables looked discouraging, after 

 which time for raoi'e than two hours they were brought in 

 much faster than entry clei'ks could enter them and the 

 Hall Committee could properly arrange them ; and it was 

 therefore unsatisfactory to me and I know must have been 

 to the judges of the merits of the exhibits, by being put to 

 considerable trouble and inconvenience in awarding the 

 premiums, by not having the exhibits classified in their 

 arrangement, and imperfect entries made in some instances. 

 I consider the management almost entirely blameless in 

 the matter ; the fault was almost wholly that of the exhib- 

 itors who waited too long before making their entries and 

 then coming not properly prepared for making them. As 

 far as the entry is concerned, a person with one article will 

 take as much time as one properly prepared would require 

 for a wagon load, and I assert that the persons who live in 

 the place whei-e the Fair is held, who come at a late hour, 

 keeping farmers waiting who have come from a distance 

 with perhaps a wagon load to enter and then arrange upon 

 the tables before transacting the Society's business, are to 

 blame for being so unfair and unjust. Many do it without 

 thought of its unfairness to others and we trust they will 

 be more thoughtful in the future. If not so I am afraid the 

 Society will be forced to shorten the time in which local 

 exhibitors can enter iheir exhibits, allowing those from a 

 distance until the latest limited hour. 



I hope that the Trustees will endeavor to impress upon 

 exhibitors from their localities the convenience to them of 

 making entries the clay or night before the opening of the 

 Fair, or as early on the opening day as possible, and urge 

 local exhibitors to do it the da}' and night previous that, 

 the opening day, as a matter of fairness, be given to those 

 from a distance. With full knowledge of its importance, 

 in my new position its urgency will receive all the promi- 

 nency that I can give to it. 



